Southeast Council Against the Road Records
Scope and Contents
The Southeast Council Against the Road Records document the activities and organization of the community coalition in their efforts to prevent the proposed East-West Highway from routing through Baltimore neighborhoods in the 1960s and 1970. The collection also includes materials related to their partnerships with other community organizations, their work related to historic neighborhood preservation, and other functions. Materials include articles of incorporation for community organizations, by-laws, public hearing records, correspondence, minutes, reports, publications, photographs, and clippings.
Dates
- 1959-1992
Creator
- Southeast Council Against the Road (Baltimore, Md.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Historical Note
Barbara Mikulski and Gloria Aull organized the Southeast Council Against the Road Records (SCAR) in 1968 to fight the construction of an East-West Expressway that would have destroyed sections of Southeast Baltimore. SCAR was a coalition of organizations and private individuals in Southeast Baltimore that opposed the proposed expressway which was planned to route through residential neighborhoods and business districts of Baltimore City. The group also partnered with and supported other community organizations in opposition of the proposed highways during what is known as the "Road Fights." The group's efforts were successful and the highways were rerouted away from the city neighborhoods.
[Information for this historical note was gathered from materials within the collection.]
Extent
7 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Collection is arranged in 9 series:
- Fells Point Planning Council
- SCAR Organizations
- Litigation
- Public Hearings
- Transportation Department Publications
- General Publications
- Governmental Agencies
- Historic District
- Research Files
Custodial History
The collection was donated to the University of Baltimore by Ellen von Karajan, Executive Director of the Society for the Preservation of Federal Hill and Fells Point, in 2003.
Accessing Digital Copies
Digital versions of items in this collection are available online. Locate records by using the "Print" button above, or browse records in “Collection Organization." Records with associated digital objects are identified with a red Digital Object icon.
Processing Information
This collection was processed and materials were digitized for access by Special Collections and Archives staff members.
- Aull, Gloria
- Community activists
- Community power
- Express highways
- Fells Point Planning Council (Baltimore, Md.)
- Highway planning
- Maryland--Baltimore
- Mikulski, Barbara
- Movement Against Destruction (Organization)
- Political participation
- Transportation
- Urban renewal
- administrative records
- clippings files
- correspondence
- photographs
Creator
- Southeast Council Against the Road (Baltimore, Md.) (Organization)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Southeast Council Against the Road Records
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Special Collections and Archives staff. Revised by Aiden Faust (2011). Revised by Laura Bell (2022).
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Baltimore Regional Studies Archives Repository
H. Mebane Turner Learning Commons, Room 104
1415 Maryland Avenue
Baltimore Maryland 21201 USA
410-837-4253
specialcollections@ubalt.edu